Object
Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 30267
Received: 02/02/2015
Respondent: Turnstone Estates Limited
Agent: Carter Jonas
No, whilst Turnstone consider that there is plainly scope for higher density development on the CNFE site, for reasons that are stated, it objects to the assertion that this is "especially around the proposed new railway station interchange". There is simply no logic to this assertion and the 'arrival' at this new station is wholly unlike the arrival one would expect or anticipate having at the Central Cambridge train station where the CB1 development is emerging.
No, whilst Turnstone consider that there is plainly scope for higher density development on the CNFE site, for reasons that are stated, it objects to the assertion that this is "especially around the proposed new railway station interchange". There is simply no logic to this assertion and the 'arrival' at this new station is wholly unlike the arrival one would expect or anticipate having at the Central Cambridge train station where the CB1 development is emerging. In response to other questions, we have raised the point that the station site is in fact very peripheral within the CNFE area; this does not indicate in our mind that there should be a focus of taller or denser development in this location. Rather, development should 'scale up' from this location into the interior of the site where it juxtaposes with pre-existing large scale commercial buildings. It is in these locations, with strong and well-defined connections and links to the station area, where greatest density should occur.